Sash-fastener



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No. 436,841. Patented sept. 23,1890.

UNITED STATES 'PATENT OFFICE'.

ZATIQUE PINARD, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

SASH-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,841, datedSeptember 23, 1890.

Application led April 29, 1890.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ZATIQUE PINARD, a citizen of the United States,residing atPortland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindow-Sash Lockingand AdjustingAttachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention consists in certain means, as will be hereinafterdescribed, whereby the lower and upper sashes of a window can be locked,respectively, against the upper and lower, or cap and sill, pieces ofthe frame, and can also be opened at top and bottom to any desiredextent, or opened both at top and bottom to any desired degree andlocked in such position, and whereby the lower sash can be automaticallylocked to the lower sill.

It also consists in certain specific constructions of parts whereby thesaid results are attained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a front elevation of a windowsash and frame with myimprovements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a verticalcentral section of the same. Fig. 3 is a front View of one of themechanisms which I employ for effecting the locking of the two sashesand the retention of the same open at different altitudes or todifferent degrees. Fig. 3* is a vertical section of Fig. -3 as attachedto a sash. Fig. 3** is a plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detailsectional view of the sill-fastening, showing a portion of the sill anda portion of the sash and the respective fastening parts. Fig. 5 is adetail front view of the bracket-fastening device of the upper sash.Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of the same with the brackets inposition; and Fig. 7 shows the invention represented in Figs. l and 2,but with the cam and lever cramping device shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3substituted by a clampingscrew and plate with bracket-lug.

A indicates the window-frame; B B', the sashes, which may or may not besuspended by Weights and cords.

O is a horizontal bracketarm extending out from the upper cross-rail ofthe top sash. This arm is formed with a tongue a and shoul- Serial No.349,936. (No model.)

ders b h. It also is beveled at c, and it is fitted to the sash by meansof a slotted screw-plate D, which is 'beveled at c and constructed toreceive the tongue ct and bevel portion c, as shown in the drawings,Figs. 5, 6, and 7.

E is a turn-button attached by a pivot to the lower portion 0f the plateD, and by being turned up against a shoulder d of the bracketarm and infront of the lip d of said arm serves to removably conne said arm in theslot d? of plate D, and by turning it downward, as shown in Fig. 5, thesaid bracketarm can be taken out of said slot, and thus not stand in theway of the lower sash passing up to the top of the frame and the uppersash passing down to the sill thereof, which relative positions thesashes are required to occu py on occasions when they are being washedand often for other purposes.

F is a Apendent rod screwed into the outer end of the bracket-arm C, asindicated at e; or it may be otherwise suitably connected to saidarm.This' rod extends down through a cramping or fastening device G, whichis screwed to the front of the upper part of the lower sash, as shown.This cramping device comprises a screwplate f, having hinging lugs f ahinged or pivoted lever-jaw f2, pivoted by its lower end, as indicatedat f5, to the lugs of the plate, and a rotating cam f3, also pivoted toa lug of the plate f and having its cam-surface arranged to bindfrictionally against the upper front surface of the leverjaw. The innerface of the lever-jaw and the outer face of the screw-plate f are formedwith semicircular depressions f 6, which, when the jaw and plate meet,form a cylindrical passage, as shown in Fig. 3**. The length of the rodF is to be sufficient to allow the sashes to be opened to the desiredextent and also allow the sashes to be fully closed, and when so closedinsure a binding or cramping action of the lever-jaw upon the rodthrough the action of the cam f3 upon said jaw.

The cam f3 is provided with a handle f4, by which it is moved in thedirection of the arrow when it is desired to lock the sash and in areverse direction for unlocking the sash. As a substitute for thiscramping device G, a bracket screw-plate f, provided with a perforationin vits bracket portion f7 for the passage of the rod through it andwith a cramp- IOC) ing-screw f8, may be adopted, as illustrated in Fig.7.

' H is a sill-fastening comprising a screwplate g, pivot g',arrow-headed catch or fastening g2, a keeper device consisting of abifurcated cylindrical plug g3 g4, fastened in the sill by a screw g5,and having a transverse holding-pin go. With this fastening, when thesash is lowered, one or the other of the wings of the arrow-head slidespast the pin g6 and by gravity of the catch g2 passes under the pin g6as soon as said pin is passed by either of the wings of the arrow-head,and thereby securely fastens the lower sash to the sill. A thumb-buttonQ7 is attached to the outer end of the pin g', and by means of saidbutton the catch g2 can be turned and released from the pin g, so as toallow the lower sash to be raised.

From the foregoing specification it will be seen that I have provided asimple means whereby the lower sash, afterbeing raised to any desireddistance, can be firmly held at that point; also, that .the upper sash,after being lowered to a desired distance, can be held at that point,and that both sashes can be locked or latched securely in theirfullyclosed position; and, furthermore, that the bracket-arm C can betaken out of the slot of the plate D whenever it is desired to reversethe position of the sashes for any purpose, and that the lower sash canbe automatically latched to the window-sill and very convenientlyunlatched therefrom.'

What I claim isl. The combination, with the upper sash B, of the slottedscrew-plate D, bracket C, having a beveled lip c, tongue d, shoulders bb d, with turn-button E, and the pendent rod F, substantiallyasdescribed.

2. The combination, with the upper sash B, of the removable bracket C,carrying the rod F, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the upper sash B, bracket C, rod F, andcramping device G, concam f3, substantially as-described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my t signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ZATIQUE PINARD. WVitnesses:

J. C. RUETENIK, C. M. IDLEMAN.

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